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A 9 page paper which argues that gay married couples should receive the same rights and benefits as heterosexual married couples do. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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when the rights of certain citizens are being denied on the basis of sexual orientation. Heterosexual married couples enjoy rights and freedoms that are never legally or socially threatened
or infringed upon in any way. Why should gay married couples be treated any different because of the innocuous reason that both partners are simply members of the same
sex? By getting married, these couples are publicly affirming their commitment to each other, and in so doing, are entitled to receive all of the legal, social, and medical
benefits that so-called straight couples do. Gay marriage is hardly a new global concept. It has been legally recognized in Denmark since 1989 along with child custody rights being
granted to same-sex couples, and by the end of the twentieth century, France officially sanctioned what it refers to as "national registered partnerships" and in Ontario, Canada, it has been
ruled that same-sex couples are entitled to receive "full and equal family rights" (Farrell, 1999; Stacey and Biblarz, 2001). In September of 2000, the Dutch parliament followed suit by
also granting equal rights to same-sex couples who wished to make their relationship legal (Stacey and Biblarz, 2001). But the United States remains steadfastly conservative and downright discriminatory regarding
this issue. It violates the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution that ensures due process for all American citizens. States have no right to distinguish between gay marriages
and conventional marriages and so doing therefore must be rooted in prejudice (Ponnuru, 2005). Gay couples cannot hope to receive any of the rights they have been denied for far
too long unless drastic legal measures are taken to legitimize their unions. Edward Clark Johnson (2000) observed in his book, Gay Spirituality: The Role of Gay Identity in the
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